Ice Storm
Posted: December 26, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto, Water | Tags: branches, freezing rain, ice storm, power failure, Storm, Toronto, trees Leave a comment
After the ice storm, Toronto, December 22 2013
Birch branches coated with ice, Toronto, Dec. 22/13
We had a freezing rain storm in Toronto that began gradually on Friday the 20th and continued until Sunday the 22nd. The storm spread east and included much of southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. In Toronto, the largest amount of freezing rain fell over the early hours of Sunday, which is when around 300,000 people lost electricity. We were two of those people. The light and heat went out well before dawn on Sunday and our power wasn’t restored until Tuesday early afternoon. This morning I heard that another 50,000 people in Toronto were still in the dark and cold. There’s also tens of thousands in the same boat elsewhere in Ontario and the East Coast.
On Dec. 22/13, after the storm in Toronto.
Dec. 24/13, sun on ice coated branches, Toronto.
Evening and ice coated branches, Dec. 24/13, Toronto
November’s Trees in Toronto
Posted: November 10, 2012 Filed under: Plant Life, Toronto | Tags: autumn, beauty, branches, Canada, downtown Toronto, nature, November, streetcar, Toronto, trees Leave a comment
Tree Reflection after rain in Toronto, Nov. 2012
Recently, the days have been mostly grey in Toronto, with an unusual sunny day this past Thursday. It’s the dark time of the year, mid autumn, with the end of daylight savings time. Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees. As in every year, I turn to their branches as a source of beauty and connection to nature which I need in order to feel well.
Reflection of a tree, Toronto, Nov. 2012
In the neighbourhood are many trees and gardens that I walk among. But I’m always of the lookout, even downtown, for trees that soften the sometimes stark buildings. Here’s some photos from recent rambles.
Branches in Downtown Toronto, from the King Streetcar, Nov. 2012
Tree and Sansevieria (Snake) Plants, downtown Toronto, on the King Street Car, Nov. 2012
Trees in a stark environment seen from the King Streetcar, Nov. 2012, Toronto
of humans and nature 
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